I thought these wireless earbuds were a joke - until I took my first phone call

"The sound was tinny, flat, lacked bass, had zero agility in the low end, and the highs were pretty much non-existent. But then, I realized that these earbuds might serve a better purpose. "Hears" how that went. The "gimmick" with the Link 20 earbuds is a detachable, flexible mic boom, which is just under three inches long and is held in place by two magnets."

"At first blush, I didn't bother with it, but once I realized music sounded less than average, I decided to look at the Link 20 earbuds from a different angle: phone calls. I called someone who knows what I do for a living and informed them that they were part of my test. I asked them how I sounded and their answer was simple: tinny but very clear."

The OpenRock Link 20 open-air earbuds produce tinny, flat music with weak bass and almost no highs after connecting to a Pixel 9 Pro. The earbuds include a detachable, flexible mic boom just under three inches long that attaches by two magnets. When used for phone calls, voices come across as tinny but very clear. The design shifts emphasis from musical fidelity to vocal clarity, making the earbuds more useful for calls than for music. Switching to a high-end model highlights the Link 20's musical shortcomings while underscoring the boom's call-strength advantage.

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